How Racist, Anti-Immigrant Disinformation Added to the Key Bridge Tragedy

Brenna Smith, John-John Williams IV and Clara Longo de Freitas, The Baltimore Banner

The rhetoric surfaced on social media almost immediately.  “Is this another preventable accident or was this intentional act due to a DEI hire?”

As people around the world rushed to social media for news of the Francis Scott Key bridge collapse, they found racist disinformation blaming the tragedy on Baltimore’s Black and immigrant communities. Lots of the posts attacked DEI, a movement among the public and private sectors to bring more diversity, equity and inclusion to their organizations. Even Mayor Brandon Scott got caught up in the fray, with people calling him a DEI mayor.

“Must have been DEI,” the posts continued.

 

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